Text 50]                      The History of the Life of Ajāmila
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saṁhitā , which reveals information about one's past, present and future lives according to astrological calculations. Somehow or other one must be enlightened about his past, present and future. One who is interested only in his present body and who tries to enjoy his senses to the fullest extent is understood to be engrossed in the mode of ignorance. His future is very, very dark. Indeed, the future is always dark for one who is grossly covered by ignorance. Especially in this age, human society is covered by the mode of ignorance, and therefore everyone thinks his present body to be everything, without consideration of the past or future.
TEXT 50
पञ्चमिः कुरुते सार्थान् पञ्च वेदाथ पञ्चमिः । एकस्तु षोडशेन त्रीन् स्वयं सप्तदशोऽन्तुते ॥५०॥
pañcabhiḥ kurute svārthān pañca vedātha pañcabhiḥ ekas tu ṣoḍaśena trīn svayaṁ saptadaśo 'śnute
pañcabhiḥ —with the five working senses (voice, arms, legs, anus and genitals);  kurute —performs;  sva-arthān —his desired interests;  pañca —the five objects of the senses (sound, form, touch, aroma and taste);  veda —knows;  atha —thus;  pañcabhiḥ —by the five senses of perception (hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling);  ekaḥ —the one;  tu —but;  ṣoḍaśena —by these fifteen items and the mind;  trīn —the three categories of experience (happiness, distress and a mixture of both);  svayaṁ —he, the living entity himself;  saptadaśaḥ —the seventeenth item;  aśnute —enjoys.
TRANSLATION
Above the five senses of perception, the five working senses and the five objects of the senses is the mind, which is the sixteenth element. Above the mind is the seventeenth element, the soul, the living being himself, who, in cooperation with the other sixteen, enjoys the material world alone. The living being enjoys three kinds of situations, namely happy, distressful and mixed.